Dredging-bucket



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DRBDGING BUGKET."

' No. 274,358. Patented Mar. 20, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH MENGE, OF POINT MICHEL, LOUISIANA.

DREDGING-BUCKET. E

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,358, dated March 20, .1883.

n Application tiled May 2, 1877. Renewed August 30, 1879.

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My invention relates to the production of a dredge-bucket which can eiectively operate in any description of soil, andv which will discharge the whole of its contents at the requisite moment with unerring certainty.

.The nature of my invention will be readily understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, Whereon- Figures l and 2 represent side clevations of my improved bucket. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view thereof, and Fig. 4 shows the application of a number ot' mybuckets to the ordinary machinery of dredge-boats.

This device may be made of iron or of any other suitable material; and it consists of a dredginghncket composed of two sections, A B, 'which are connected together on each side by. means of links O D, in a. manner that will admit of the distance between the two being automatically increased or decreased during the operation of the machine. To the rear end of the lower section, B,is hinged a bottom or end piece, E, which is prevented from opening outwardvby reason ot' flanges or stops formed 1n either the upper or lower section, as found most convenient.

F F are stops on the sides ot' the lower seetion for limit-ing the forward movement oi' the links and upper section, as shown in Fig. 2. rI he mouth of the bucket should be made somewhat wider than therear end, as shown at Fig. 3, in order that the links may he protected from any undue pressure of earth.

Ii' desired, the links can be provided with a series oi' holes, as shown in dotted lines at Fig. 1, in order that the two sections may be adj ustabl y connected.

Having described rnyinvention, whatIclaim asinew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.`In combination with an endless carrier, a dredging-bucket constructed of two sections hinged together by means oi' pivoted arms, substantially as described.

2. The dredge-bucket herein described,com posed of sections A and B, hinged bottoni E, links Cl D, and stops F F, for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto axed my hand.

JOSEPH MENGE.

In presence of- F. H. ZAERINGER, A. MERCAPAL. 

